Do you do things alone?

Olive8585 · 22-04-2014 11:17PM #1

Such as go to restaurants, the cinema, gigs or pubs? Do you feel comfortable doing so? I'd consider myself pretty independent and often travel alone, wouldn't mind going to see a film alone, but would feel awkward going to a gig or a restaurant. I love food, but a big part of the experience is the company and conversation, and I think I'd just feel a bit lonely and anxious having a big sitdown meal on my own.

What about you?

cloud493 · 22-04-2014 11:18PM

I do. Can't stand going with people, all the ****ing noise.

wretcheddomain · 22-04-2014 11:18PM

No, I'm popular.

22-04-2014 11:20PM

In a pub, you're never alone with a newspaper.

wretcheddomain · 22-04-2014 11:22PM

Deleted User wrote: »

In a pub, you're never alone with a newspaper.

If that makes you feel better, great. The reality is you are alone, just alone with a piece of paper in your hand.

Doublelime · 22-04-2014 11:23PM

I'd never go to the cinema alone. Doesn't feel right. Enough reason for me is that what if I get jumped so I need a mate to back me up lol

Legs.Eleven · 22-04-2014 11:24PM

Deleted User wrote: »

In a pub, you're never alone with a newspaper.

Or the ability to pretend you're waiting for a friend by intermittently glancing at your non-existent watch and looking impatient.

The Backwards Man · 22-04-2014 11:24PM

I do most things alone, some because I have no one to do them with, and some because I don't want to do them with anyone else.

chuckyarelaw · 22-04-2014 11:25PM

Went to the cinema on my own once. Turned out I was the only one at that film. It was great.

Sh1tbag OToole · 22-04-2014 11:27PM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

If that makes you feel better, great. The reality is you are alone, just alone with a piece of paper in your hand.

In a room full of people who wish you'd stop taking up a seat, sipping an expensive pint of unhealthy slop from a cheap glass pulled by a barman who would rather be in bed, yet you hand over 3x the going rate for your pint for the privilege of being allowed to drink it in a pub even though there is no logical reason to do so.

Muise... · 22-04-2014 11:28PM

Thread needs a power ballad. It just doesn't know it needs it yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cw1ng75KP0

Pompous · 22-04-2014 11:28PM

Yeah I do most things alone. I enjoy my own company (thankfully) and it's difficult to fully experience a moment with someone there to distract you. I'm also not a big fan of people, I find they are very overrated.

johnnykilo · 22-04-2014 11:28PM

Olive8585 wrote: »

Such as go to restaurants, the cinema, gigs or pubs? Do you feel comfortable doing so? I'd consider myself pretty independent and often travel alone, wouldn't mind going to see a film alone, but would feel awkward going to a gig or a restaurant. I love food, but a big part of the experience is the company and conversation, and I think I'd just feel a bit lonely and anxious having a big sitdown meal on my own.

What about you?

I've travelled on my own, gone to dinner on my own (occasionally while travelling) and gone to gigs on my own. To be honest all those things would have been better with others but if it's a choice between doing them alone or staying at home then I'd do them everytime! Life's too short to worry about these things.

freethearmy · 22-04-2014 11:30PM

pull the stones off myself

Sir Arthur Daley · 22-04-2014 11:30PM

Many people masturbate alone.

The Backwards Man · 22-04-2014 11:31PM

Muise... wrote: »

Thread needs a power ballad. It just doesn't know it needs it yet.

Think it needs a **** myself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-34w8kGPM

cloud493 · 22-04-2014 11:31PM

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Many people masturbate alone.

Like who?

22-04-2014 11:31PM

Going to the cinema on your own is great

Lando Griffin · 22-04-2014 11:33PM

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Many people masturbate alone.

Disgusting.
Im a people person myself even if I go to the local for a quiet one I get into deep conversation with the bar man.
The only time I like doing things alone is driving.

Sir Arthur Daley · 22-04-2014 11:34PM

cloud493 wrote: »

Like who?

Take a look in the mirror? :pac:

cloud493 · 22-04-2014 11:35PM

All I see is a handsome stud :cool:

Muise... · 22-04-2014 11:37PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Think it needs a **** myself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-34w8kGPM

You should at least ask it to dance first!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1NrQYXjLU

johnnyskeleton · 22-04-2014 11:38PM

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Disgusting.
Im a people person myself even if I go to the local for a quiet one I get into deep conversation with the bar man.
The only time I like doing things alone is driving.

A quiet...****?

Aongus Von Bismarck · 22-04-2014 11:39PM

I love getting on the bike and hitting the mountains for a good cycle. It's a great way of working up a sweat and having a few hours to relax in your own company. It also saves me from being one of those bunch of cyclists who feel they have the right to take up half the road.

Sinister Kid · 22-04-2014 11:40PM

I go to the cinema on my own the odd time... Usually on a Sat or Sunday morning, I'd grab breakfast & coffee in starbucks and bring it with me! I like my quiet time

chrisb1 · 22-04-2014 11:43PM

I've worked alone for years so i do most things on my own drive walk the dog fish and all that

Like my own company until i fall out.....with myself

Strumms · 22-04-2014 11:43PM

Generally no but there have been some exceptions and it doesn't really bother me.... I grew up without any siblings so maybe that's the reason you kind of get used to it and have your own in built resourcefulness and independence.

I'd never go out for a meal alone... I can't say why it would just be a bit weird... I guess it's more of a social thing and if you don't have someone to go for a meal with you can just east alone at home I guess...

Holiday... Generally no although I have done it once..A few years ago I had holidays I needed to take from work and nobody was able to go away so I thought I'm ****ed if I'm sitting on my hole for a week so I ended up bumming around the south of France for a week.. Had a great time and met all kinds of cool people including a seriously cool Canadian chick who just left the husband... That was fun...

Cinema.... Never have but wouldn't rule it out if there was something I wanted to see desperately that nobody else would go to then **** it I would...

Gig... Done it before twice ...I have weird music taste compared to some of my friends... Pre recession and babies.. I'd always be able to drag along a gig buddy or two even if they weren't interested in the band..Hey a night out is a night out and all that... Thankfully it's a rarity where someone else I know isn't going to a gig I like...

shuffles88 · 22-04-2014 11:50PM

I have to go to the cinema on my own, I have a really short attention span and if I'm with a buddy I'll start messing. I'm going on holidays alone this summer, no-one else was in the position to come along so I said feck it what's the point in waiting for everyone else just so I can live my life?

sambono5 · 22-04-2014 11:51PM

It's a funny one, many people would easily grab a McDonalds on their own, me included, but walking into a 'proper' restaurant and saying the dreaded ''table for one please'' would still make me die a little inside. Except when I'm abroad/travelling then for some reason it's no problem.

Regularly catch a gig or two on my own if nobody else wants to go with me, turn up right before the act is due on and leave soon after. I'm there for the music, not to chat all the way through the set. Wouldn't go to a day long festival on my own unless I was planning on befriending people.

Cinema..a few times, would usually go for the matinee show - no big deal. Then again, going on a busy friday night, surrounded by couples and crowds a lone wolf such as myself would stand out more and it might feel a bit awkward.

cassid · 22-04-2014 11:51PM

Get very little alone time since having children, they won't leave you alone to pee or shower.

Middle of the night, is my time when family all asleep and I have a bit of peace and quiet, head onto the internet for a bit.

Getting out on my own is a big no no, it's been years since I was in a restaurant and have not had to cut up someone's food.

Diane Selwyn · 22-04-2014 11:54PM

Yes - cinema, theatre, gigs, bars, holidays. For some reason eating a meal in sit down place alone seems more awkward than just having a drink. Also at the theatre or at a sit down gig I might feel a bit obviously alone when there is a spare seat next to me but at the cinema I wouldn't care. In fact it would be preferable.

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